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Glossary of Medieval Terms |
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BAILEY any open area surrounded by the walls of a castle |
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BAILIFF a person charged with the administrative duties of an estate; the agent who collects and manages an estate or farm for the landlord |
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CASTELLAN the governor or constable of a castle, assigned at the will of the ''holder" of the castle and liable to removal at that "holder's" will |
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DEMESNE the land held and possessed by the owner and not rented or controlled by any subordinate, such as a vassal or castellan |
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DESTRIER a war horse, a highly bred and highly trained animal |
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DISSEISE to put out of possession; to dispossess a person so that his legal heirs were also disqualified from inheriting; the term was usually used when the dispossession was wrongful |
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HAUBERK armor; the mail shirt made up of linked rings or chains of metal |
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INTERDICT a sentence issued by a high ecclesiastical officer (bishop, archbishop or pope) who debarred a place or person from church functions |
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JUSTICIAR technically a judge, but one with considerable power |
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